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Shahjahanpur, word came from Daud Khan, naib of Sarangpur, that he 
would be overwhelmed by Mulhar unless he were reinforced at once. Forth¬ 
with, at midnight, the Maharao, Kunwar Bahadur, and the sons of the 
Kajah of Chanderi having been appointed to lead the van, the army set 
out and reached Sarangpur, about nineteen miles distant to the north, at 
an hour and a half after sunrise. The troops were still on the line of 
march or engaged in crossing the river, when Holkar, Antliu and others 
suddenly appeared. The Muhammadans at once drew up and engaged 
them, the fighting going on till an hour before sunset. The Mahrattas 
then fled, and in the pursuit, which extended for four Jcos, many were kill¬ 
ed. Muhammad Ivhan, with his men, was out till midnight conducting the 
pursuit and plundering the camp and baggage, called in the Mahratta 
tongue “ Tarao .” When the pursuers got near the town of Sundarsi, about 
twenty-three miles south of Sarangpur, a spy came and informed them that 
the enemy in their flight from the field, after resting a short time in Sun¬ 
darsi, had resumed their route and were making for the Narbada, and must 
have gone already fifteen or twenty Jcos. The Muhammadans after a pur¬ 
suit of ten to twelve Jcos returned to their camp. 
Muhammad Khan speaks of having with him twenty thousand horse 
and twenty thousand foot. Night and day he was engaged in efforts to 
expel the invaders. On the other hand, the Nazim of Gujrat (Hamid 
Khan ?) had only given cash, jewels, elephants and horses to Baji Kao, while 
the tJidnas were still in the hands of Kantya and Uda Pun war. The Nazim 
had never gone a Jcos from the city. In the dispute between the Nazim 
and Mubariz-ul-Mulk (Sarbuland Khan) he heard that in the first encoun¬ 
ter the latter gained the advantage, but night coming on the pursuit was 
stopped, and next morning an arrangement was come to. 
The Kajahs had throughout shown great reluctance to attend Muham¬ 
mad Khan, Kunwar Bahadur of Orckha being the only one who had done 
any real service. Maharao Durjan Singh of Kotak, and Kao Matwarah now 
requested leave to go home, and threatened to go without it, if leave were not 
granted. They quitted the army on the 22nd Muharram, 1144 H. (16th 
July, 1731). From this defection others were disheartened, and a few days 
afterwards Kunwar Bahadur of Orchka with four or five hundred horse, and 
Jograj, son of Kajah Jai Singh of Chanderi, with forty or fifty horse march¬ 
ed away to their homes. Although, as Muhammad Khan says, the presence 
or absence of the latter was equally matter of indifference, still these de¬ 
fections were discouraging. The other Kajahs, Udait Singh of Orchka, 
Kam Chanel of Datya, Ckattar Singh of Shahabad, and the Bhadaurya 
Kajah, had paid no heed to all the orders and messengers sent to them direct 
from the Emperor. Nor had any attention been vouchsafed at Court to 
